@nichobert said:

45 seconds of music that seems to have been the Eurkea! moment that formed the basis of what the Disco Biscuits started doing from 98 forwards

Stellar interpretation.

And this: "That's the thing with Phish in general and 97 in specific.. So many shows are so great in radically different ways that it's just going to come down to personal taste.. "
Its possible that one *type* of show or set of criteria are favored, to the exclusion of a different type. For example, in some of the prior writeups, the assumption that a show needs the "tentpole" jam to be a top x. Or just one explosive set. Or whatever.